Michael Palin
Born in Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK — May 05 1943
Biography
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. Palin wrote most of his comedic material with Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as The Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set. Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python sketches, including "Argument Clinic", "Dead Parrot", "The Lumberjack Song", and "The Spanish Inquisition".…
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The Simpsons
Springfield History Museum curator (voice)
Screen Two
Writing
Legends
Self
Going Live!
Self
Time Bandits
Writing
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Various / "It's" man
Staged
Michael
Pebble Mill at One
Daytime Live
The Two Ronnies
Writing
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI!
Travels with Palin
Self
ZULU Comedy Galla
Michael Palin
G.B.H.
Jim Nelson
Life of Brian
Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
The Magic Faraway Tree
Know All
Brazil
Jack Lint
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
Perspectives
Self
Small Prophets
Brian Sleep
Ripping Yarns
Friday People
Black and Blue
Writing
A Fish Called Wanda
Ken Pile
Arthur Christmas
Ernie Clicker (voice)
Remember Me
Tom Parfitt
A Life on Screen
Self
The Death of Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
The Witches
Witch at Meeting (uncredited)
Full House
Various
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various Roles
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Absolutely Anything
Kindly Alien (voice)
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
Self
Worzel Gummidge
The Green Man
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Self (archive footage)
Movie Connections
Self
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
Artsnight
Self
Time Bandits
Vincent
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
Self
And Now for Something Completely Different
Gumby / Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / Arthur Pewtey / Second self - defence student / Second Tenant / Lost His Wallet / Shrill Petrol Announcer / Milkman / Ernest Scribbler / Pet shop employee / Lumberjack / Headwaiter Gilberto / Herbert Anchovy / Blackmail Presenter / Gervais Brookhamster / Town Guild Lady
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Various Characters
Monty Python's Personal Best
Self / Various Characters
Fierce Creatures
Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
Jabberwocky
Dennis Cooper
Pole to Pole
Self
Consuming Passions
Writing
Concert for George
Self
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
Michael Palin's New Europe
Self
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Self
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Self - Host
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
The Movie Life of George
Self
Sahara with Michael Palin
Self - Presenter
The Willows in Winter
Rat
An Accidental Studio
Self
A Series of Bird's
East of Ipswich
Writing
Himalaya with Michael Palin
Self - Presenter
A Private Function
Gilbert Chilvers
The Secret Life of Brian
Self
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Workman
American Friends
Rev. Francis Ashby
Brazil with Michael Palin
Self (Presenter)
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Various Roles
What Is Brazil?
Self
Life of Python
Self / Various Roles
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Self, others
The Missionary
The Reverend Charles Fortescue
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
Life Of Brian Screenplay
Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper
Twice a Fortnight
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Eric Manchester
Monty Python Conquers America
Self
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Self
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
Michael Palin in Nigeria
Self
Making Qi
Self
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
Self
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Self
Clangers
Narrator (voice)
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
Generation '66
The Wind in the Willows
The Sun
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
Various Characters
Roger of the Raj
Roger
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
Self
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Self / Various Characters
Secrets
Writing
The Roots of Monty Python
Self (archive footage)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Various Roles
Michael Palin: Into Iraq
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
Self
Attenborough at 90
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Various Roles
Number 27
Writing
The Wipers Times
General Mitford
Whinfrey's Last Case
Gerald Whinfrey
The Wind in the Willows
Rat
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
Various Characters
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Self
Python Legs!
Writing
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
Self
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Self
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Self
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Self
How to Irritate People
Various
The Academy of Armando
Self
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Self
Three Men in a Boat
Harris
Tomkinson's Schooldays
Tomkinson / Headmaster / TV Introducer / Mr Craffitt
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
Michael Palin in North Korea
Self - Host
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
Self
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Self
The Seventh Python
Self
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Major Errol Phipps
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
Self
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Various (voice)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
Produced by George Martin
Self
Across the Andes by Frog
Captain Walter Snetterton
Monty Python: Who's There?
Ken
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Self
Anatomy of a Liar
Self
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
Self (archive footage)
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Creator
Comedians Do It On Stage
Self
Frost on Sketch Shows
Self
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
Joke
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
Self
The Box
(voice)
How To Make It In Comedy
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
Michael Palin in Venezuela
Self - Host
Jeepers Creepers
Newscaster (voice)
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
Self
Murder at Moorstones Manor
Charles Chiddingford
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Various Characters
John Peel's Record Box
Self
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Self
Meridian: The First Ten Minutes
Self
The Monty Python Story
Self
The Meaning of Monty Python
Self
Michael Palin: The Art of Travel
Monty Python In The Netherlands
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
Self (archive footage)
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Gariiiiiii (voice)
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
Various
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
Various Characters
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Self
What the Pythons Did Next...
Self (archive footage)
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Various Characters
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Self
Golden Gordon
Gordon Ottershaw
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
Self
Is This a Record?
Various
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
Self
The Secret Life of Trees
Self - Narrator
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best
Various Characters
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Self
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
Self
Henry Cleans Up
Henry
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
Self
The Curse of the Claw
Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'
Self
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best
The Dress
Howard
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
Self
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
Self
The Philosophers' Football Match
Nietzsche
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
Self - Presenter
Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python
Writing
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
Various Characters
Viz: The Documentary
Self
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
Ending It All
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
Self
Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk
Narrator (voice)
Palin on Redpath
Self - Presenter
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
Host
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'
Self
Monty Python: Pythonland
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
Self
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
The Broken Bottle
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
salesman
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
Narrator
The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin
Self
Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One
Presenter
The First Night of Meridian
Self - Host
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
Self
New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days
Self
Around the World in 20 Years
Self